Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] on the spot " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if , as a servant of the Gorengs , I could likely avoid punishment , there was a real risk of being shot on the spot by some itchy-fingered malai . |
| 2 | The other prisoners gasped because they expected him to be shot on the spot . |
| 3 | Dozens of animals were so weak they had to be shot on the spot . |
| 4 | And for RSPCA inspectors , who found cattle on the farm so weak they had to be shot on the spot , it was an important victory . |
| 5 | To be sacked on the spot , or with inadequate notice , is likely to distress even the most resilient of businessmen . |
| 6 | Many of the tools had to be made on the spot specially for the task . |
| 7 | Police controls over such gatherings had to be exercised on the spot , rather than in advance . |
| 8 | There is nothing to be seen on the spot but bare earth . |
| 9 | But other sorts of research need to be done on the spot . |
| 10 | Salina arrived at the clinic with a grossly swollen foot which had to be lanced on the spot . |
| 11 | The writer is very necessary as scripts often need to be re-vamped on the spot if they are running over time or do n't sound right . |
| 12 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |